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Molasses Act
a British law passed in 1733 that taxed molasses, rum, and sugar imported into the North American colonies from non-British countries -
French and Indian War
began: August 1756 ,, ended: February of 1763 Territories northern of the Ohio River Valley where both the French and British had claimed as their territory so they went to war to settle who owns the land there -
Navigation Acts
controlled what England and its colonies could import, or bring in to a place, and export, or send out to other places -
Fort Necessity
George Washington built it to battle the French, at the start of the French and Indian War -
Sugar Act
Great Britain taxed the colonist on their sugar and other goods -
Stamp Act
Great Britain taxed all legal and official papers on the colonists to pay off the debt they were in